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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7408110 | Housing containing a passage for an electrical conductor A sealed electrical junction box includes a sectional housing containing a chamber and having an end wall that contains at least one access passage in which is mounted a sealing bush containing a longitudinal through bore. An annular internal sealing rib on the acce... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7365268 | Storage receptacle A storage receptacle is provided that has first and second sides and a bottom made as a unitary member from a single piece of sheet metal. The receptacle also includes front and rear ends, each coupled to the two sides and providing support for the bottom. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7330625 | Underground enclosure mounting system A mounting fixture for mounting a piece of telecommunications equipment within an underground vault is disclosed. The mounting fixture includes a frame structure configured to be mounted to an upper edge of an open end of a vault. The mounting fixture also includes ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326853 | Terminal box for electrotechnical uses and corresponding method of manufacturing A terminal box for electrotechnical uses and the like includes a base designed to be fixed to a supporting surface and a closing lid that can be coupled to the base. The base is formed by a shaped metal body so as to define a housing cavity without joins at least al... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7273985 | Split cable seal A cable seal and an enclosure including a cable seal. The cable seal provides a seal around a cable entering the enclosure and also seals against the enclosure. The enclosure can be replaced about the cable without the end of the cable passing through the cable seal... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265289 | Electronic module An electronic module (1) for connection of sensors or actuators to a bus line, with an electronic unit, with several jacks (3) for connection of electrical lines (4), and with one jack (5) and one plug (6) for connection of two bus... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253360 | Computer enclosure with direct-mounting front bezel A computer enclosure includes a cage (10) and a front bezel (20). The cage includes a top panel (18), a bottom panel (17), and a pair of side panels (11). The top panel, the bottom panel, and the side panels are connected with each... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253356 | Waterproof structure of junction box A waterproof housing of a junction box has at least one vent piece penetrating through a wall of the housing for ventilation of the junction box. The vent piece has an inner wall formed with a baffle projection to prevent invasion of a splashing water. The waterproo... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247791 | Security barrier for electronic circuitry An enclosure for protecting at least a portion of a printed circuit board that includes a top and bottom cover each having an insulating layer between an outer conductive layer and an inner conductive layer. Each outer conductive layer and each inner conductive laye... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7208678 | Electronic component housing structural body An electronic component housing structural body includes a first housing body accommodating electronic components and a second housing body accommodating electronic components. Fitting plane of the first and second housing bodies include a liquid passage area and a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205474 | Computer case structure A computer case structure includes an anchor rack to hold and position a power supply. The anchor rack has force distributing walls extended from the periphery. When the computer case is positioned in a tilted manner, the weight of the power supply is evenly distrib... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7193316 | Integrated circuit coolant microchannel with movable portion According to some embodiments, a microchannel is provided to transport a coolant. The microchannel may be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. Moreover, a movable portion may be provided to adjust a volume o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193153 | Penetration fire stop device Fire Stop devices, for walls having cables that run through a wall opening, are provided on exposed ends of a conduit placed in the wall opening. Each fire stop device has a hollow housing fitted to the exposed end of the conduit, and a front wall of the housing has... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189919 | Housing for antenna amplifier A housing for an electronic device in automotive technology has two molded-plastic housing parts fittable together to form a cavity and a membrane hinge unitarily formed with the parts and permitting relative pivoting of the parts between an open position and a clos... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186912 | Hermetic lid seal by metal pressing for fiber optic module The invention describes a fiber optic module package which uses a metal-to-metal contact seal between a lid and a module housing. The metal-to-metal contact seal provides a sealing mechanism between the lid and the module housing. The module housing has a knife-shap... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173183 | Combined fiber optic repeater/power source remote cabinet for distributed antenna systems Three specific problems or needs related to deployment of fiber optic repeater distributed antenna systems are addressed by providing a particularly configured enclosure or cabinet adapted to protect repeaters from vandalism, enclose power components directly below ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166800 | Macroencapsulation container having both releasable and permanent sealing means A macroencapsulation container having in combination an inner container member with an inner lid member and an inner body member, and an outer container member with an outer lid member and an outer body member, the inner container member being composed of a thermopl... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157648 | Sliding module for portable terminal A sliding module employing a semi-automatic opening/closing of the portable terminal, is disclosed. A driving force is used to open and close the sliding-type portable terminal with the resilient force of an elastic means, by converting the direction of the driving ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154041 | Double wall isolated remote electronic enclosure apparatus Moisture-resistant electronic enclosures and methods of enclosing and isolating an electronic metering device are disclosed. The electronic enclosure can be adapted for metering devices, such as in automatic meter reading and other consumption measuring application,... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7132605 | Split cable seal A cable seal and an enclosure including a cable seal. The cable seal provides a seal around a cable entering the enclosure and also seals against the enclosure. The enclosure can be replaced about the cable without the end of the cable passing through the cable seal... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129410 | Fuse box In a fuse box mounted on a battery box, a lower end surface of a peripheral wall of an upper cover contacts a bottom wall of a lower cover that is locked to a case body of the fuse box or contacts a bottom wall of the case body to form a first watertight portion. A ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129409 | Electronics cabinet Electronics cabinets stabilize electronic devices in vehicles. The electronics cabinet removably attaches to the vehicle seat frames via seat attachment holes in the bottom end of the legs. A pair of front stabilizers fitted onto the front of the bottom end of the l... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7078622 | IC socket assembly Deformation of a socket housing during connection of an IC package is prevented, and reliable electrical connections are secured in an IC socket assembly. The IC socket assembly is constituted by a plurality of electrical contacts; an insulative socket housing for h... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7030315 | Field replaceable retainer A utility box having a housing and a ring affixed on an upper circumferential rim of the housing. The ring forms a through hole with a bore that receives an attachment means from the cover. Tabs at a lower portion partially form a retaining recess that is disposed b... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029519 | System and method for gas recycling incorporating gas-insulated electric device A gas recycling system which has a carbon dioxide collecting device for collecting gas containing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide source. In the system, at least part of the gas containing sulfur hexafluoride used as an electric insulation medium in a gas-insul... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6998534 | Partition structure of a computer casing A partition structure of in a computer casing provides a partition with two guide grooves and a joining member with two engaging parts corresponding to the guide grooves respectively. Each of the guide grooves has an upper opening, a locating part and a lower openin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6984783 | Power control unit for a vehicle A power control unit installed on a vehicle including a first power source and a second power source which have respective different voltages, an inverter connected to a rotary device and connected to at least one of the first and second power sources. A converter i... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6982379 | Automotive electrical connection box and a method of mounting it An electrical connection box has upper and lower casings (10, 11) for accommodating circuitry. A surrounding wall (10a) of the upper casing (10) fits inside a surrounding wall (11a) of the lower casing (11). Engaging ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6960720 | Lift-type positioning structure for bracket of computer interface card A lift-type positioning structure for a lid of a bracket of a computer interface card havs a housing, a seat member, a lid and a positioning structure. The housing has a receiving slot for receiving the interface card, a rectangular slot over the receiving slot, and... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6946600 | Cabinet with cross-connect that provides access to rear side of electronic equipment A cabinet includes a first compartment for housing electronic equipment, such as equipment used to provide telephone service and/or voice and data networking services. The front of the equipment housed in the first compartment is accessible via at least one door. Th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925708 | Method of shielding a printed circuit electronics card mounted on a metal substrate A method of manufacturing proposes an assembly including a printed-circuit electronics card mounted on a metal substrate, as well as a metal screening cover electrically connected to the substrate. The substrate exhibits a recessed gutter in which the edge of the co... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6914188 | DVD player apparatus A DVD player apparatus includes an inner housing formed of an iron plate, in which a player body is incorporated, having a top plate, left and right side walls, and a rear wall, a front side of the inner housing being open; a case for covering the inner housing, a f... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6838617 | Macroencapsulation container having both releasable and permanent sealing means A macroencapsulation container having in combination an inner container member with an inner lid member and an inner body member, and an outer container member with an outer lid member and an outer body member, the inner container member being composed of a thermopl... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6828500 | Ventilating battery cover At least one side wall area of a casing, suitable for small electronic devices such as hearing aid devices e.g. for the use in environment with elevated humidity, is proposed to be porous or perforated. On the outside surface of the casing a fleece is arranged on th... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6797878 | Closure casing A closure casing has two co-operating closure members defining an enclosed space between them when in a juxtaposed closed position. A clamp is provided that holds the closure members together in the closed position, the clamp includes at least one over-center or tog... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6791027 | Component kit for a switch cabinet A component kit for a switch cabinet, having a frame whose open sides can be clad with elements and at least one cabinet door. To be able to vary the installation space available in the switch cabinet, it is possible to fix different wall elements and/or cabinet doo... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6774309 | Drainage construction of a waterproof cover of an electrical connection box A waterproof cover (13) is provided on an upper surface (11b) of a casing(11) of an electrical connection box (10). The waterproof cover (13) is formed with a recess (13b) for collecting water fallen down on th... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6743978 | Wire connection box with rapidly-assembled lamp rod A wire connection box with a rapibly-assembled lamp rod or inserting rod having: a retaining seat installed at a via hole at a lateral side of the wire connection box and an inserting rod inserted in the retaining seat. A front end of the inserting rod with respect ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6734357 | Modular control casing A modular-construction control casing for the integration of plug-in connectors and additional electronic equipment within an electronic casing which is located, in a decentralized manner, close to the consumer's installation. The rectangular parallelepiped-shaped c... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6670879 | Transformer container A transformer container comprising a transformer tank having a bottom, a front forward panel, two side panels, a rear panel and a top panel. The top panel forms a rim defining a portal for accessing to the interior of the transformer tank. The transformer... | 12/30/2003 |
